Amputations

Name: Amputations at Waupaca Foundry, Inc.
Start: 5/8/2023

1 amputation · 2023054115 · 5/8/2023 · Waupaca Foundry, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source: Grinders, abraders

Employer

Name: Waupaca Foundry, Inc.
Location: 805 Ogden Street, MARINETTE, WISCONSIN, 54143
NAICS: 331511
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was moving a part from a shaker table to a grinder when their left ring finger was caught between the part and the rotating grinder wheel resulting in amputation of the finger.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown